{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"240 - Breakthrough Boasting: The Best Thing to Brag About","description":"I lived on Nicollet Ave. in a city that\u2019s been ablaze with rage, but I was too tiny to know anything but the security of arms cradling me. Minneapolis, MN was simply home. My birthplace. My nativity. This morning a candle wafts rich vanilla into my chilly basement and my Bible is open to the book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah\u2019s intensity seems fitting for the fractures dividing our country. \u201cThere is no cure for my grief,\u201d he writes. \u201cMy heart breaks for what I see and hear\u201d (Jeremiah 8:18, The Voice).  Maybe that\u2019s what you feel too. The heaviness. The defeat. The grief. As I read Jeremiah 9:23-24, I wonder what breakthrough might happen if we spent less time drawing conclusions and more time drawing close to God. Less time taking sides and more time by His side.   Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE. ","author_name":"Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz","author_url":"http:\/\/theuncommonnormal.libsyn.com\/website","html":"